The Norwegian fleet under Harald Hardrada and Tostig entered the Humber Estuary and ravaged the Holderness peninsula, the flat agricultural land on the north bank of the Humber. The fleet then moved up the Ouse towards York, bringing them into contact with the English forces. The ravaging of Holderness served to provision the army and demonstrate Norwegian power. Local thegns who submitted were spared; those who resisted were killed or had properties burned.
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